Pro boxer Gary Russell Jr. was 14 years old when he first realized just how fast his hands were. “I was at the Junior Olympics, my first national tournament,” says Russell Jr. “I could throw and land ...
Welcome to The Athletic Speed Bag, a semi-regular roundup of all things bizarre, macabre and wonderful in the fight game. As HBO’s legendary ringside analyst Larry Merchant famously said, boxing is ...
WBC featherweight champion "Mr." Gary Russell Jr. comes from a boxing family. Trained by his father, Gary Russell Sr., alongside his three brothers (all also named Gary), Russell quickly proved a ...